Railway-tie.



J. M. GLEARY. RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 26.1909.

Mmm may 17, 19m.

wn'mssses; l @VEN-vow JosPH M. CLEARY mp' HB5 ATTORH which the material is cut.

position.

crushed so as to form a broken and irregular from the ends, which are open, as to pass epnanv Till.

To all! whom 'it may consum:

Be it known that l, Josarir liminer, a citizen of the United States, residing in 'the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful improvements in ltailwayilies, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to improvements in railway ties and like structures, and in the means ot securing the rails thereto.

lt consists of a novel composition fabric from which a substantially tubular tie is made, and in means by which the rails may be readily secured to or removed from the ties. l

Referringto the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my inv'entioinltigure l is a longitudinal section of one end ot the tie showing the rail in liig. 2 is a transverse section taken through mum of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail of the tie construction.

In .the construction of my tie, l rst form a mass of splintered Wood A, which is cut into short lengths like matchwood, and then liber ci' lengths equal to the length into This crushed and broken liber is mixed with concrete or suitable plastic material 2 Within which it is embedded.; the same time the ends of the libere overlap in such a manner as to maire a substantially continuous mass of interlaced ber eri-tending the full length of the tie.

The tie is preferably molded as shown, and having a central opening 3 which may extend the entire length of the interior of the tie, or may extend to such a distance beyond the position Which the rails will oc* cupy upon the outside ot the tie. The surtace of the tie thus completed is formed with a shoulder or o'set 'near each end, and upon this is placed an iron angle plate 5, the surface ot'which serves to receive the base flange of a rail 6, and the upturned` edge or angle abutting against the angle 4, serves to prevent the spreading of the rails. The interior opening 3 is preferably madeoyal. in shape, and the upper surface' avs'lat- Specieatlon er Letters atent. llgjggmtgllggy gg gj, application filed luigi 12S, 'l

09. Serial No. 509,485.

tened and adapted to receive a metal plate 7. Through the top oil the tie are made slotted openinffs 8 having the longest diameb rer inthe direction of 'he length of the tie.

These openings serve to receive bolts 9 Which holes made through them to receive the bolts. The outer ends oli-these plates have flanges or thickened portions 10' which rest upon the surface of the tie or plates which may be placed thereon, and the inner ends are beveled oil' as shown at 11, at such an angle that they vrest/upon the top of the bottom ange of the ail. The bolts thus pass through these plates at points intermediate between their ends, and when the nuts l2 are screwed downV upon the ends of the bolts, the plates 10 act as elastic levers, the elasticity depending on their thickness, to iirmly lock the rails upon the tie, and

against the angles of the plates 4, which thus prevent their spreading. Any suitable lock nut arrangement may be used to retain the nuts l2 in position.

lt will be seen that with atie of this construction, and means for laying the rails thereon*j the rails may be readily laid and secured in place, or removed When desired Without disturbing the ties.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The combination of a tubular railway tie formed of plastic material and splinter-ed overlapped Wood ber, said tie having the interior top of the tubular surface attened, an odset or shoulder upon the exterior and a metal angle plate fitting Sad shoulder to receive a rail, bolts passing through the tie having heads abutting against the inner fiat* tened portion of the tube, and locking plates resting upon the' rail anges,i and through which the bolts pass.

2. The combination of a tubular concrete and Wood fiber-tie having a shoulder on the upper surface, and an angle plate fitting thereon, an interior attened slotted surface esY ete eee, ee w to the tube, slots passing through the tie, L 'testimony whereof I have hereunto set plates havng lugs or extensions at the outer my hand in the presence of two subseribmg ends, havlng the inner ends beveled and Wltnesses.

adapted to press upon the mil flanges, and JOSEPH M. CLEARY. 5 havlng openings intermediate of the ends Witnesses:

through which the bolts pass to secure the JOHN S. WELBANIQ plates by elastic pressure. A. K. DAGGETT. 

